Marijo Možnik (born 18 January 1987 in

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) is a retired

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Career

His notable results are bronze medal at 2014 World Championships, gold medal at 2015 European Championships and silver medal at 2012 European Championships. At 2007 World Championships Možnik introduced a new gymnastic element named after him. He is the laureate of the Croatian "

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" for 2013.

Later life

Možnik retired from the sport in 2019. In May 2020 he was elected president of the Croatian Gymnastics Federation.Marijo Možnik novi predsjednik Hrvatskog gimnastičkog saveza

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* * 1987 births Living people Gymnasts from Zagreb Croatian male artistic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics European Games competitors for Croatia Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Croatian sports executives and administrators Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics European champions in gymnastics 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub